How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?

Explanation

Ethanol and Ethanoic acid can be differentiated on the basis of their following properties.
(a) Ethanol is a liquid at room temperature with a pleasant smell. Ethanoic acid has a melting po.int of `170^(@)`C. Since it is below the room temperature it freezes during winter. Moreover, ethanoic acid has a smell like vinegar.
(b) Ethanol does hot react with metal carbonates while, ethanoic acid reacts with metal carbonates to form salt, water and carbon dioxide . For example
`2CH_3COOH+Na_2CO_3to2CH_3COONa+CO_2+H_2O`
(c) Ethanol does not react with NaOH while ethanoic acid reacts with NaOH to form sodium ethanoate and water.
`CH_3COOH+NaOHtoCH_3COONa+H_2O`
Ethanol is oxidized to give ethanoic acid in the presence of acidified `KMnO_4` while, no reaction takes place with ethanoic acid in presence of acidified `KMnO4`